The Great Dictator (1940)

8.3/10 125 min Comedy War

Overview

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

Paulette Goddard

Hannah

Jack Oakie

Benzino Napaloni, Dictator of Bacteria

Reginald Gardiner

Commander Schultz

Henry Daniell

Garbitsch

Billy Gilbert

Field Marshal Herring

Grace Hayle

Madame Napaloni

Carter DeHaven

Spook

Maurice Moscovitch

Mr. Jaeckel

Emma Dunn

Mrs. Jaeckel

Bernard Gorcey

Mr. Mann

Paul Weigel

Mr. Agar

Chester Conklin

Barber's Customer

Hank Mann

Storm Trooper Stealing Fruit

Florence Wright

Blonde Secretary

Eddie Gribbon

Tomanian Storm Trooper

Rudolph Anders

Tomanian Commandant at Osterlich / Robert O. Davis

Eddie Dunn

Whitewashed Storm Trooper

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